Kevin-Prince Boateng has withdrawn from the Ghana squad to play South Africa in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

The Portsmouth midfielder's withdrawal is to enable him sort out his club future as he angles for a move away from the Championship side.

His absence leaves head coach Milovan Rajevac with 17 players for the game at the Soccer City Stadium tomorrow evening.

Rajevac has already replaced Dominic Adiyiah and John Mensah with Ransford Osei and Bright Addae as both, originally included in the 18-man squad had to pull out.

The match against the Bafana Bafana is the first game since the Black Stars went out in the quarter-final stages at the World Cup in South Africa.

Ghana squad:

Goalkeepers: Richard Kingson (Unattached), Daniel Agyei (Liberty Professionals, Ghana)

Defenders: Samuel Inkoom (Basel, Switzerland) Harrison Afful (Esperance, Tunisia) Bright Addae (Parma, Italy), Lee Addy (Bechem Chelsea, Ghana) Jonathan Mensah (Granada, Spain)

Midfielders: Anthony Annan (Rosenborg, Norway), Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (Udinese, Italy), Kwadwo Asamoah (Udinese, Italy) Andre Ayew (Marseille, France) Cofie Bekoe (Petrojet, Egypt) Bernard Kumordzi (Panionios FC, Greece)

Attackers: Asamoah Gyan (Rennes, France), Ransford Osei (FC Twente, Holland) Haminu Draman (Locomotiv Moscow, Russia) Yaw Antwi (FK Vojvodina, Serbia)